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Aerosoft has released a number of versions of Barcelona over the years. The Mega Airport Barcelona Professional, produced for Prepar3D by Sim-Wings, is the best one yet. Reviewer Alex Dickinson found flying into this Catalan city a great experience, whether night or day. He found performance to be fantastic and enjoyed the many details.

Ray Hill has provided us with a number of tutorials on creating 3D aircraft models and today he expands that series with an article on making airplane canopies. Using ViaCAD this actually takes only a few steps and is probably easier than you might imagine.

OBD Software has created two very immersive combat flight simulator experiences, Wings Over Flanders Fields covering WWI and Wings Over The Reich covering WWII. We got a chance to interview Mark Rogers and Mark Andrews, the two people behind these sims, and learn about their motivations, what makes their sims stand out from the rest and their plans for future enhancements.

vFlyteAir offers a nice range of light aircraft for X-Plane pilots. In this review Stuart McGregor examines their Ikarus C42C, a plane that is relative simple but is actually packed with features, and with two variants included is like getting two planes for the price of one. He found the model to be of high quality and enjoyed the unusual features such as the parachute recovery system.

Virtualcol makes some of the most popular flight simulator planes by choosing to offer airplanes with friendly frame rates at a low cost. In this interview Jose J. Gonzalez tells the story of Virtualcol, from its founding in 2003 making scenery, to the changes in ownership and change to aircraft creation. Learn more in our interview about this popular group and the airplanes they make for us.

The Where In The World series challenge from Ron Blehm continues. Last month's "cold and dark" location proved quite challenging. This month should be easier, with the location in question being a large major airport. Are your geography skills up to the challenge?

Like many flight simulator pilots, Shawn Weigelt enjoys flying over his home territory and had long awaited some truly great scenery of Washington State in the US. Orbx has answered the called for X-Plane 11 with TrueEarth US Washington. It's a huge package, perhaps larger than some can even run, but it turns out to be worth the wait and a pleasure to fly.

Sometimes it's nice to look at a somewhat older product and see how it compares with the latest. Patrick Putlend does that by looking at Airport Anchorage for X-Plane from Aerosoft. He finds that while it shows its age in some areas, it's still a scenery he'd recommend that realistically creates an unusual and scenic location worth flying into.

There are plenty of older add-ons still worth using and in this review Meng Yu looks at one of them. DC-8 Jetliner Series 50 To 70 from Just Flight lets FSX and Prepar3D pilots fly one of the pioneering jet airliners. The pack includes the later versions, and all of them, with some interesting differences between the variants including two quite different cockpits.

X-Plane scenery is largely built around libraries of objects and probably no library is more important that OpenSceneryX. It includes a well organized collection of buildings, objects, static aircraft, people, flags and much more that can be freely used by designers. In this interview we talk with Austin Goudge, the man behind the project, and learn about its origins, inner details and future plans.

vFlyteAir introduces the latest addition to their range of light planes for X-Plane 11: the Cherokee 140 Modern. This packages includes planes with two quite different interiors, one a classic analog gauge setup and the other a glass panel featuring the Aspen E1000 PFD. Both panels have GPS and other avionics. The plane also features FMOD sounds, support for VR, PBR textures and a variety of liveries.

Orbx announces the release of TrueEarth US Washington Enhancement Pack For X-Plane 11. This pack includes enhanced textures for 3D models and autogen, UHD textures for TerraFlora trees, enhanced Seattle area buildings. Also available is a bonus airport, WA56 Israel's Farm.

More news on Microsoft Flight Simulator, from another regular update. Not a lot of information this time, with the big news being that tech alpha recruiting is now open for those wanting an early look at the new sim. The development roadmap has also been extended through October.

We would like to welcome a new developer to the FlightSim.Com Store. Toposim has been in the flightsim development trade since 1998, specializing in enhanced terrain mesh for FSX and Prepar3D. Proprietor Justin Tyme previously operated FSGenesis and now continues the development journey as Toposim embarks on a new venture to develop new products.

News from FSDG is the release of their new scenery of Rhodes for FSX and Prepar3D. It includes complete coverage of the entire island with hi res aerial images, custom mesh and autogen. The Diagoras International Airport (LGRP) is also included.

Big news for Flight Sim Show 2019 at Cosford visitors who are fans of helicopter simulation - you can be amongst the first to try Airland! Airland are partnering up with Komodo Simulations to give visitors to Flight Sim 2019 an exclusive taste of their new helicopter simulator (still in development).

Air Transport Command was a United States Air Force unit that was created during World War II as the strategic airlift component of the United States Army Air Forces. Now you can join the virtual RCS WW2 ATC and take dangerous and challenging flights just like real 1940's pilots did. Fly the Hump from India, fly the South Atlantic into Africa...Join Today and start your career with ATC with RCS WW2 Skies.

Now available at the FlightSim.Com Store is the Avro Vulcan B Mk. 2 plus the expansion pack with refueling and recon variants. Created by the Just Flight in-house team for FSX/P3D, the plane is based on comprehensive hands-on research with the real life XM655. The iconic four-engine delta-wing bomber is modeled to a high level of detail and comes with a variety of liveries.